08.00
Arrival, coffee, exhibition
09.30
Opening Plenary
Day 1 Moderator: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster
2025 – Firing the Starting Gun on CCUS Delivery
Moderator: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster
Keynote/opening remarks: Olivia Powis, Chief Executive, CCSA
10.10
Keynote from Platinum Sponsor, Perenco
Speaker:
Armel Simondin, CEO, Perenco
10.30
Plenary 2
Reaching FID for the first UK CCUS projects
Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster
Speakers:
Rich Denny, Managing Director, Northern Endurance Partnership
Nick Flinn, VP Decarbonisation & Emerging Technologies, Shell Catalyst and Technologies
Ian Hunter, General Manager, Net Zero Teeside Power
Speaker TBC, Eni
11.10
Break & Exhibition
11.30
Deep Dive into the UK 7th Carbon Budget
Dr James Richardson CB, Director of Analysis, Climate Change Committee
11.45
Plenary 3
Unlocking Investment in CCUS – a global picture
Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster
Keynote: The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE
Speakers:
Chloe Evans, Director CCUS Business Development, UK National Wealth Fund
Dr Pratima Rangarajan, CEO, Climate Investment
12.30
Lunch & Exhibition
13.45
Spotlight on the Acorn and Viking projects
Speakers:
Speaker TBC, Harbour Energy
Speaker TBC, Storegga
14.05
Delegates move to breakouts
14.15
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1
Launching CCUS in Denmark and Norway
Latest CCUS Developments in Norway
Breakout 2
Delivering the necessary skills in the supply chain to support CCUS scale-up
Chair:
Max Musing, UK Senior Policy Officer, CCSA
Breakout 3
The pathway to a self-sustaining CCUS industry – Investor Perspectives
Chair: David Phillips, VP, Europe & Middle East, Svante
Speakers:
Georgia Berry, CDR Programme Director, GFI
Jim Ayton, Technical Director, Energy Transition & Commodities Team, Lloyds Banking Group
Kash Burchett, Global Head of Carbon Removal Technologies, HSBC
14.55
Delegates move to breakouts
15.05
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 4
Outlook for CCUS in Italy, Greece and Germany
Speaker:
Malte Bornkamm, Head of Division IVE2 - Market framework for industrial decarbonisation, international cooperation, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Speaker TBC, Snam
Breakout 5
The race to a low-carbon products market
Speaker:
Priyanka Khemka, Head of Technical Expertise, Mission Possible Partnership
Breakout 6
Scaling up CCUS in the Energy from Waste Sector
15.50
Break & Exhibition
16.10
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 7
The Perenco CO2 test injection project
Speaker:
Rainier Verhulst, General Manager, Petrodec
Breakout 8
Planning and Permitting for longer-term CO2 Capture projects
Breakout 9
Making the case for CCUS investment in energy intensive industries
Chair: Beth Hebditch, Head of UK Policy, CCSA
Speaker:
Roze Wesby, VP CCUS, Holcim
16.50
Delegates move to breakouts
17.00
Plenary 4
Where do we go from here? Next steps for UK CCUS clusters
Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster
Speakers:
Paro Konar, Director General, Major Decarbonisation Projects, DESNZ
Neil McCulloch, CEO, MNZ | Peak Cluster project, Spirit Energy
Mike Lockett, UK Country Chair, Uniper
Torbjørg Heskestad, VP Global CCS Solutions, Equinor
Mike Maudsley, CEO, enfinium
17.40
Drinks Reception
08.00
Arrival, coffee, exhibition
09.00
Plenary 1
The Global CCUS Picture
Chair:
Thierry Grauwels, EU Director, CCSA
09.30
Plenary 2
Scaling CDRs: Building a Market to Meet Climate Goals
Speakers:
Noah Deich, Co-Founder and Fellow, Carbon 180 and Rocky Mountain Institute
Dr Alan Whitehead CBE, Chair, UK Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals
Angela Hepworth, Commercial and Carbon Markets Director, Elimini
Alexander Mäkelä, Chief Policy Officer, Carbon Gap
10.10
Delegates move to breakouts
10.20
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1
Accelerating a European CO2 Storage Market
Speaker:
Dr Nick Richardson, Head of Exploration & New Ventures, NSTA
Breakout 2
Alternative fuels and CCUS – Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future
Speaker:
Amy Ruddock, SVP, Sustainable Aviation & Corporate Development, Willis Lease
Breakout 3
Developing a Coordinated Approach to Non-Pipeline Solutions for CO2 Transport
Speakers:
Paul Davies, Director, 7CO2
Matt Wilson, Head of New Energy Markets, Navigator Terminals
11.00
Break & Exhibition
11.20
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 4
CCUS developments in the US, Canada and Brazil
Breakout 5
Looking to the Future – Innovations in CO2 Capture Technologies
Chair:
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng, Director, Centre for Climate Repair, Cambridge Zero
Speaker:
Conor Hamill, Co-CEO, Nuada
Samuel Thiry, Co-founder & CEO, ARK Capture Solutions
Breakout 6
Taking a Strategic Approach to CCUS and Hydrogen Infrastructure Development
Speaker:
Jane Toogood, Co-Chair, UK Hydrogen Delivery Council
12.00
Delegates move to breakouts
12.10
Plenary 3
The Role of CCUS in Delivering the EU Clean Industrial Deal
12.50
Lunch & Exhibition
14.00
Breakout-Sessions
Breakout 7
CCUS developments in the Middle East and Asia
Chair: Aniruddha Sharma, CEO, Carbon Clean
Speaker:
Nor A’in Md Salleh, General Manager CCS PETRONAS and CEO PETRONAS CCs Solutions
Breakout 8
The Road to a Decarbonised Power System Through CCUS and Low-Carbon Hydrogen
Chair: Luca Falso, Director CCUS, Siemens Energy
Speaker:
Kayte O’Neill, COO, NESO
Breakout 9
Capturing the imagination – telling the CCUS story
Speakers:
Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, University of Bath
14.45
Break & Exhibition
15.05
Keynote: 2025 Global Status Report
Jarad Daniels, CEO, Global CCS Institute
15.20
Closing plenary
Chair:
Juho Lipponen, Coordinator, CEM CCUS
Speaker:
Olivia Powis, Chief Executive, CCSA
Registration for CCUS 2025.
The conference will be held 14 -15 October 2025 at QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London.
